Where does “formalizare” come from?

formalizare (Romanian) comes from Romanian formaliza, from French formaliser, from Latin formālis, from French -ïsme, from Latin -isma, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

formalizare (Romanian): formalization

Definitions

  1. formalization

Ancestry of “formalizare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianformalizato formalize
2Frenchformaliserto formalize, legalize; to take offense
3Latinformālisformal
4French-ïsme-ism, variant of -isme following vowels
5Latin-ismaAlternative form of -ismus; -ism
6Latin-ismus-ism
7Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
8Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from French -ïsmeEvery word from Ancient Greek -μός
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